Associate Professor of Human Rights Law and Public International Law at Utrecht University.
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Guest Post: Admission of Evidence Obtained Through Ill-treatment of a Third Party by Private Individuals: the Case of Ćwik v. Poland
By Matteo Mastracci, PhD researcher at Koç University On 5 November 2020, the European Court of Human Rights issued its judgment in the case of Ćwik v. Poland. The question, which until now had never been addressed by the Court, was whether…
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EYHR Call for Contributions: Human Rights in Times of a Pandemic
The European Yearbook on Human Rights (EYHR) has issued a call for contributions for 2021 with a special focus on Human Rights in Times of a Pandemic. Below is the call for contributions as presented by the EYHR: Large parts of 2020…
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Guest Post: ‘Hate Speech’ Jurisprudence of the ECtHR through a Qualitative and Quantitative Lens
By Jacob Mchangama, Director, Justitia, Denmark and Natalie Alkiviadou, Senior Research Fellow, Justitia, Denmark The point at which free speech ends and hate speech begins has become a burning issue in an age of social media, where billions of people have access to share…
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Online Conference: The European Convention on Human Rights at 70
On 4 November 2020, KU Leuven in cooperation with AHRI is organizing an online conference entitled The European Convention on Human Rights at 70: Achievements, Challenges and Interactions with Legal Orders. The conference will have four panels. The first one will look…
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Online Conference on Covid-19 and the European Convention on Human Rights
On 16 and 17 October 2020 there will be an online conference on Covid-19 and the European Convention on Human Rights. Speakers include a long list of sitting and former judges of the European Court of Human Rights, the Council of Europe…
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Guest Post: Negotiations on EU Accession to the ECHR Restart after Five Years: Between Unlikely and Doable
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Strasbourg Court issues interim measures against Turkey regarding the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
Since 27 September 2020, the long-frozen conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh between Armenia and Azerbaijan flared up again and has taken a high death toll. Last week, the European Court of Human Rights issued an interim measure against Azerbaijan in a case lodged by Armenia. The…
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Online (and in-Person) Conference on Human Rights and Environmental Protection and the ECHR
On 5 October 2020, the European Court of Human Rights is hosting on its premises a conference on Human Rights and Environmental Protection. The conference will also be streamed online. The registration is open until 25 September. The full programme can be accessed here. Below…
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New Edition of the Book Freedom of Expression and the Internet by Benedek and Kettemann
Wolfgang Benedek and Matthias C. Kettemann have just published the second edition of the book Freedom of Expression and the Internet (Council of Europe). The second edition comes at a time when most of us express, receive, engage with, and create ideas…
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Registration for the European Human Rights Moot Court Competition is Now Open
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